David Byrne, who begins the sold-out UK leg of his American Utopia World Tour on Thursday, has announced that he will bring the tour back to the UK and to Ireland for nine shows this autumn, including concerts at the O2 Arena in London, Manchester Arena, Hydro in Glasgow, 3Arena in Dublin, and more. He has also announced that he will take the tour to Australia and New Zealand in November. Additionally, Byrne has added a second performance at Brooklyn's Kings Theatre, on September 16, after the first sold out, and a night at Bass Hall in Austin in October.

Olivia Chaney has announced a three-week tour of the US and Canada, starting in Decatur, Georgia, on July 24. The tour, featuring music from her new album, Shelter, includes headline shows in DC, Cambridge, Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Burlington, Toronto, Chicago, Minneapolis, Portland, and San Francisco, plus sets as special guest of Patty Griffin on Long Island and Bruce Hornsby in Washington. Chaney gave an album release concert in NYC on Sunday and will do so in London at Hoxton Hall on June 19.

Robert Plant and the Sensational Space Shifters have returned to North America for a three-week tour celebrating his new album, Carry Fire. The tour begins in Atlanta tonight and continues through the end of the month, with shows in New York, Toronto, Chicago, Berkeley, Portland, Seattle, Vancouver, and more.

Olivia Chaney plays Shelter release show in NYC … Sam Amidon performs at Unamplifire Festival in London … Devendra Banhart makes his Chinese debut … Thomas Bartlett and Nico Muhly perform Peter Pears at LSO St. Luke's ... David Byrne takes American Utopia to Midwest … Rhiannon Giddens is in Virginia, Vermont … Tigran Hamasyan performs in Switzerland … Robert Plant reignites Carry Fire tour in US Southeast … Rostam continues tour in Denmark, Netherlands … Chris Thile hosts Live From Here from Ravinia …

Devendra Banhart begins a seven-city tour of Asia with a performance at the Guro Arts Valley Theatre in Seoul tonight. The tour, a series of duo performances with his longtime collaborator Noah Georgeson, continues with concerts in Shanghai, Beijing, Hong Kong, Singapore, Bangkok, and Kyoto. 

David Byrne brings American Utopia to Chicago for three nights … Sam Amidon performs in the UK, Ireland … Tigran Hamasyan is in the UK … Lake Street Dive takes Free Yourself Up tour out West … Rostam plays All Points East in London … and more …

This Memorial Day weekend, David Byrne and Rostam are at the Sasquatch! Music Festival in Washington … Jeremy Denk joins Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra … Fleet Foxes tour US Northeast … Lake Street Dive takes Free Yourself Up tour to California … Robert Plant is in the UK … Chris Thile hosts Live From Here from Virginia …

Devendra Banhart has been named a curator of and performer at the 2018 Le Guess Who? festival. Le Guess Who? is a celebration of sound in the city of Utrecht, The Netherlands. Dedicated to boundary-crossing music from across the globe, the twelfth edition of the festival takes place November 8–11, 2018. The artists Banhart welcomes to the festival include Vashti Bunyan, Ghanaian Highlife musician Ebo Taylor, Japanese singer-songwriter Shintaro Sakamoto, and several others. This year's other curators are Asia Argento, Shabaka Hutchings, and Moor Mother.

Olivia Chaney performs in Jimi Hendrix's bedroom in London … Timo Andres plays in Brooklyn … Devendra Banhart headlines LTDOMX in Mexico … David Byrne, Fleet Foxes, Rhiannon Giddens, Lake Street Dive continue US tours … Richard Goode plays solo in London … Emmylou Harris is in Austin … Tigran Hamasyan performs in Italy … Kronos Quartet performs in UK … Audra McDonald is in California … Brad Mehldau Trio concludes European tour … Joshua Redman joins Brooklyn Rider … Chris Thile hosts Live From Here from Atlanta … and more ...

Brad Mehldau Trio tours Europe … Sam Amidon, Rhiannon Giddens play Fiddle Fair in Ireland … David Byrne brings American Utopia tour Northeast … Fleet Foxes play Southwest … Richard Goode joins Netherlands Philharmonic … Tigran Hamasyan, Kronos Quartet perform in France … Gabriel Kahane premieres new work in Portland … Lake Street Dive takes Free Yourself Up to Pennsylvania … Audra McDonald is in California … Stephin Merritt plays Bang on a Can Marathon in NYC … Nico Muhly makes Singapore debut … and more …

Rostam has released a visualizer for the song "Sumer," off his album Half-Light, which you can watch here. He performs at Brooklyn Steel and at the Sasquatch Music Festival later this month. Rostam begins a European tour at Primavera Sound on May 31, with stops in France, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, and Ireland, and UK shows in London and Brighton.

Lake Street Dive's new album, Free Yourself Up, is out now. Today also marks the start of an extensive Free Yourself Up tour, which begins with an intimate show at The Sinclair in the band's original home of Boston tonight. And Lake Street Dive has released the official music video for the album track "Good Kisser," directed by Bianca Giaever, which you can watch here. The band will perform on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Monday, May 7.